Recently announced by Paradox Interactive, it looks like Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 might actually get Linux support.

I held off on writing anything originally, as while Paradox do often have Linux support in games they publish it's not always the case. This particular game is being developed by Hardsuit Labs, a developer who Paradox Interactive acquired a minority stake in last year.

However, thanks to our eagle-eyed contributor BTRE, it was spotted on SteamDB adding Linux (and Mac) to the "oslist". This is not confirmation though to be clear, this has happened before with no Linux version released and at times even done by accident. Paradox didn't reply to my initial emails when the game was first announced, so I've reached out again now through different channels.

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You can follow it on GOG and Steam. I would hold off on any pre-orders until we know for sure, the actual release isn't until March next year so there's plenty of time ahead.

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Been tempted to grab the original to play under Proton as I have never played it. Apparently works well, and by "well" I mean it's just as buggy as running it natively, and some Win10 users have actually had trouble running it.

There's a joke about how something "sucks" in all this, I'm certain. XD

Joking aside, I'm pretty excited to see this game coming out and twice as excited now that I hear it looks like it'll be coming to Linux! I started playing the first one (after spending a long time setting up a functional sc-controller profile for it), and I had quite a bit of fun ... until I tried to drink the blood of someone I thought was a bad person, but wasn't, and I became a little less human as a result. Dang! I hate when I drink the wrong blood!

rustybroomhandleBeen tempted to grab the original to play under Proton as I have never played it. Apparently works well, and by "well" I mean it's just as buggy as running it natively, and some Win10 users have actually had trouble running it.

I picked up the original last weekend when Humble had it on special. Got it running at 1440p under Proton with the unofficial patch. Unfortunately it locked up at the end of the tutorial and I hadn't saved it. Bummer. I don't have the time to invest in a proper playthrough right now, but it will go near the top of my backlog I reckon. I just wanted to play enough to register a count to the Linux stats, which I imagine may help inform whether Paradox release a Linux port of Bloodlines 2.

BTW, Humble have this much cheaper than Steam in AUD$ pricing: AUD$20 on Humble versus AUD$30 on Steam. That's unusual.

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